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Answers to your top 10 questions about Blu-ray.

There are now two high-definition disc formats vying to replace the DVD: Blu-ray and HD-DVD.

How to repair Scratched CDs and DVDs - At Home.

CDs and DVDs are remarkably resistant to casual scratches and gouges but sooner or later everyone has a disc that causes a CD or DVD player to skip.

Sorting Out the World of DVD Recorders

This article looks at DVD recorders and PVRs purely as a VCR replacement for video recording, archiving of your personal camcorder tapes, and time-shifting of TV shows.

Buying a DVD player? What's out there and what do you need?

Apart from the dramatic improvement in video and sound quality that DVD players offer over the familiar VCR, probably the DVD player’s greatest appeal lies in its price and convenience.

What to look for when buying a Receiver.

Next to choosing your loudspeakers, selecting the right receiver is almost as important because you have to contemplate future needs and how much power and versatility you're willing to pay for.

Running Multiple Sets of Speakers in Other Rooms

Are you interested in using your A/V receiver to run a second pair of bookshelf speakers in the bedroom or den, or even a third pair on a patio, in addition to the main pair of speakers in your home theatre system? How to do it, and w...